Guterres

name

The verdict

“Guterres” is uncommon French (frequency #69,887 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,887
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-guterres · Guterres · French

Guterres · rank #69,887 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,887
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gusto

Nearest frequency peer: gusto (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Guterres »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Guterres » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Guterres
PropertyValue
HeadwordGuterres
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#69,887
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Guterres » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Guterrestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « gusto » (#69,886), « guillemet » (#69,884), « Halicarnasse » (#69,890). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Guterres » est au #69,887. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Guterres is uncommon French at frequency #69,887 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Guterres, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Guterres, spelled G-U-T-E-R-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Guterres appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il soutient les efforts d’Antonio Guterres, le secrétaire général de l’ONU, pour geler les combats autour de la centrale nucléaire ukrainienne de Zaporijia.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Guterres"?
"Guterres" is spelled G-U-T-E-R-R-E-S.
What does "Guterres" mean?
As a proper noun, "Guterres" means: Nom de famille.
What language does "Guterres" come from?
"Guterres" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Guterres", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list